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It is a little over 12 hours since the Opilio Crab Season opened, and the Bering Sea has already claimed 6 lives. Despite these losses, the rest of the fleet begins to pull the pots they set 12 hours before. Their hopes are high as they approach the first strings of pots. Captain Sig Hansen of the Northwestern is betting on an area far North, near the Russian border that records show yield crab. His nerves are tested as their first pots show no sign of life, but his concern is quickly erased as the pots start coming up full of crab. Captain Jeff Weeks of the Billikin, a top producer for the last 3 Opilio seasons, feels the pressure when the only sign of life in his first pots is cod fish. Jeff and his co-captain Jim Hilt haggle over which of them has better luck finding the crab, but the arguing ends when the crab starts pulling aboard. Captain Peter Liske, a devoutly religious man, prays for the souls of his lost friends, and for the lives of his crew, before pulling his pots. His rel